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Joan of France (1351–1371)

French noble

Summary

French noble

Field	Value
name	Joan of France
image	Trojice Saint Denis.jpg
caption	Joan with her mother, Blanche of Navarre, and Saint Louis.
house	Valois
father	Philip VI of France
mother	Blanche of Navarre
birth_date	May 1351
death_date
death_place	Béziers, France
place of burial	Basilica of St Denis, Saint-Denis, France

Joan of France (May 1351 – 16 September 1371), also known as Blanche, was the only child of Philip VI of France and his second wife Blanche of Navarre. Joan was born nine months after her father's death.

Life

Joan's maternal grandparents were Philip III of Navarre and Joan II of Navarre. Her paternal grandparents were Charles of Valois and Margaret of Naples.

Joan had two half-brothers from her father's first marriage to Joan the Lame: John II of France and Philip of Valois, Duke of Orléans. After the death of Philip, Blanche retired to Neaufles-Saint-Martin near Gisors in Normandy.

In 1370, Joan was betrothed to Infante John, Duke of Girona, son and heir of Peter IV of Aragon. The marriage contract was signed 16 July 1370. The following year Joan departed from France and set off to marry John in Aragon. However, Joan died on 16 September 1371 in Béziers, whilst travelling to meet her future husband. He accused the midwife Bonanada of having caused her death by use of sorcery.

Joan's mother died 5 October 1398, twenty-seven years after her daughter. They are buried together in the Basilica of St Denis, the necropolis of the Kings of France, north of Paris.

Ancestry

References

Pastrnak, Patrik. (2023-07-28). "Dynasty in Motion: Wedding Journeys in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe". Taylor & Francis.
(1869). "Chroniques de Froissart: 1364-1370". Victor Devaux & Co.
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Keane, Marguerite. (2016-05-18). "Material Culture and Queenship in 14th-century France: The Testament of Blanche of Navarre (1331-1398)". BRILL.

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